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University of Southern California Volume LXXVI, Number 15 Friday. March 2. 1979
Fraternity pledges fined, receive year probation
PROTEST—CARP, a campus organization comprised of followers of Rev. Moon and the Unification Church, picketed the Daily Troian coverage of the groups activities The group passed out fliers Wednesday and claimed the Daily Trojan s attitude was typical of massive generalization and misguided emotionalism that has historically characterized religious and social
persecution. DT photo ov Marsha Tr»*g«
DT photo by Larry Drum
GHOSTLY IMAGE—The reflection of the glass in the Von KleinSmid Center passageway makes this student appear as if he is partially transparent.
Harris Plaza to become first self-directed housing facility
By Chuck Coppola
Staff Writer
Harris Plaza will become the first selfdirected residence hall beginning this September.
The facility, which will be totally controlled by its residents, will be open to all students except freshmen.
The move is being made as an effort to provide the "greatest number of options in housing," said Jerry Stringer, director of the Office of Residential Life.
Stringer said there will be no head resident. Instead, a coordinating committee of students will adjudicate decisions concerning property damage and misconduct.
The committee will consist of three people from the Office of Residential Life, Kent Walton, complex manager and four students who will be elected this fall.
Two advisers from the office will assist only in counseling residents and in programming and coordinating activities.
"The reaction from most people I know has been very positive. With no staff there's a chance that people may take more pride in their complex and take it on themselves to take care of the place," Walton said.
Walton said that the residents' attitude toward Harris could also go the other way, but he said the sense of community that now exists gives the proposal a good chance of succeeding.
"We have a high number of residents who return to Harris. I'd say most of the people have lived here for at least a year,'' Walton said.
No freshmen will be allowed to live in Harris Plaza to give the self-directed complex a better chance for success, Walton said.
The higher the concentration of freshmen residents, the higher the amount of damage in a complex.
Students who wish to live in Harris Plaza this fall will have to fill out an application stating why they want to live there.
"The maturity of the students will make this thing work," said Ralpfh Kam, one of the students who originated the idea.
If the self-directed system doesn't work out after one year, Harris Plaza will revert back to the head resident system.
"There's a possibility that it could be a total bomb, but there is the same possibility that it could be a total success," Walton said.
Five fraternity pledges arrested on charges of grand theft pleaded guilty to trespassing at pretrial hearings this week and were fined $380 each and placed on one year's probation.
The pledges, members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, were arrested in January for allegedly stealing furniture and other articles from the Oakwood Garden Apartments and Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach.
The case will not go to a court trial as a result of their pleading guilty to lesser charges, said Burl Estes, Orange County district attorney.
"They got a fantastic deal," Estes said, in describing the result of the hearing.
"If the average street punk had been caught in that situation they would not have gotten off so easily, but considering the irregular nature of the offense and the background surrounding it, the charges were reduced," Estes said.
The incident appeared to have been part
of a fraternity prank. The pledges reportedly had a "shopping list" of things to pick up for the fraternity.
Even though their actions constituted a serious crime, the students were apparently ordered to do it, Estes said.
"They weren't thinking in criminal terms at the time. They thought it was just a big joke."
If the students had gone to trial and been found guilty of grand theft, it would have seriously damaged their educational and vocational opportunities in the future, Estes said.
"With grand theft on their record they would not be able to go to law school or medical school and would be prevented from getting a government job."
The fact that the students were arrested for grand theft is something they will always have to live with and admit to employers if they are asked about a criminal record, Estes added.
(continued on page 2)
DT suspends publication !
The Daily Trojan did not publish Wednesday and Thursday due to a computer £: breakdown at Graphic Services, the newspaper's production facility.
Computers were down Monday necessitating the composition of Tuesday's edi- f| tion at Glendale Rotary Press, the Daily Trojan printer. Tuesday's issue did not meet |§ the staff's specifications for typeface and quality standards. When it was learned at 4 | p.m. Tuesday that no computer could be implemented to produce the Daily Trojan in its normal appearance, the senior editorial staff suspended publication
A back-up unit was secured Wednesday morning in case Graphic Services' equipment could not be repaired by that evening. The back-up could have pro iuced the newspaper in its typical appearance Before the computers were completely | repaired, the back-up unit was released. The senior editors were informed Wednes- | day afternoon that the computers were down once more. After a meeting with administrators and Graphic Services personnel, the senior editors held another vote. The secret ballot ended in a decision to not publish once more
An agreement was reached Thursday between the editorial and production de- i partments. Although not all requirements have been met on this short notice, the If Daily Trojan resumes publication today.
The Daily Trojan regrets any inconvenience the pause in publication has caused the campus community and advertisers.

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trojan
University of Southern California Volume LXXVI, Number 15 Friday. March 2. 1979
Fraternity pledges fined, receive year probation
PROTEST—CARP, a campus organization comprised of followers of Rev. Moon and the Unification Church, picketed the Daily Troian coverage of the groups activities The group passed out fliers Wednesday and claimed the Daily Trojan s attitude was typical of massive generalization and misguided emotionalism that has historically characterized religious and social
persecution. DT photo ov Marsha Tr»*g«
DT photo by Larry Drum
GHOSTLY IMAGE—The reflection of the glass in the Von KleinSmid Center passageway makes this student appear as if he is partially transparent.
Harris Plaza to become first self-directed housing facility
By Chuck Coppola
Staff Writer
Harris Plaza will become the first selfdirected residence hall beginning this September.
The facility, which will be totally controlled by its residents, will be open to all students except freshmen.
The move is being made as an effort to provide the "greatest number of options in housing," said Jerry Stringer, director of the Office of Residential Life.
Stringer said there will be no head resident. Instead, a coordinating committee of students will adjudicate decisions concerning property damage and misconduct.
The committee will consist of three people from the Office of Residential Life, Kent Walton, complex manager and four students who will be elected this fall.
Two advisers from the office will assist only in counseling residents and in programming and coordinating activities.
"The reaction from most people I know has been very positive. With no staff there's a chance that people may take more pride in their complex and take it on themselves to take care of the place," Walton said.
Walton said that the residents' attitude toward Harris could also go the other way, but he said the sense of community that now exists gives the proposal a good chance of succeeding.
"We have a high number of residents who return to Harris. I'd say most of the people have lived here for at least a year,'' Walton said.
No freshmen will be allowed to live in Harris Plaza to give the self-directed complex a better chance for success, Walton said.
The higher the concentration of freshmen residents, the higher the amount of damage in a complex.
Students who wish to live in Harris Plaza this fall will have to fill out an application stating why they want to live there.
"The maturity of the students will make this thing work," said Ralpfh Kam, one of the students who originated the idea.
If the self-directed system doesn't work out after one year, Harris Plaza will revert back to the head resident system.
"There's a possibility that it could be a total bomb, but there is the same possibility that it could be a total success," Walton said.
Five fraternity pledges arrested on charges of grand theft pleaded guilty to trespassing at pretrial hearings this week and were fined $380 each and placed on one year's probation.
The pledges, members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, were arrested in January for allegedly stealing furniture and other articles from the Oakwood Garden Apartments and Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach.
The case will not go to a court trial as a result of their pleading guilty to lesser charges, said Burl Estes, Orange County district attorney.
"They got a fantastic deal," Estes said, in describing the result of the hearing.
"If the average street punk had been caught in that situation they would not have gotten off so easily, but considering the irregular nature of the offense and the background surrounding it, the charges were reduced," Estes said.
The incident appeared to have been part
of a fraternity prank. The pledges reportedly had a "shopping list" of things to pick up for the fraternity.
Even though their actions constituted a serious crime, the students were apparently ordered to do it, Estes said.
"They weren't thinking in criminal terms at the time. They thought it was just a big joke."
If the students had gone to trial and been found guilty of grand theft, it would have seriously damaged their educational and vocational opportunities in the future, Estes said.
"With grand theft on their record they would not be able to go to law school or medical school and would be prevented from getting a government job."
The fact that the students were arrested for grand theft is something they will always have to live with and admit to employers if they are asked about a criminal record, Estes added.
(continued on page 2)
DT suspends publication !
The Daily Trojan did not publish Wednesday and Thursday due to a computer £: breakdown at Graphic Services, the newspaper's production facility.
Computers were down Monday necessitating the composition of Tuesday's edi- f| tion at Glendale Rotary Press, the Daily Trojan printer. Tuesday's issue did not meet |§ the staff's specifications for typeface and quality standards. When it was learned at 4 | p.m. Tuesday that no computer could be implemented to produce the Daily Trojan in its normal appearance, the senior editorial staff suspended publication
A back-up unit was secured Wednesday morning in case Graphic Services' equipment could not be repaired by that evening. The back-up could have pro iuced the newspaper in its typical appearance Before the computers were completely | repaired, the back-up unit was released. The senior editors were informed Wednes- | day afternoon that the computers were down once more. After a meeting with administrators and Graphic Services personnel, the senior editors held another vote. The secret ballot ended in a decision to not publish once more
An agreement was reached Thursday between the editorial and production de- i partments. Although not all requirements have been met on this short notice, the If Daily Trojan resumes publication today.
The Daily Trojan regrets any inconvenience the pause in publication has caused the campus community and advertisers.